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New warship USS Detroit to be commissioned in ceremony along Detroit River
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| 4 Jul 2014
| Khalil AlHajal
Posted on 07/05/2014 7:18:28 PM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it; Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:43:44 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: shove_it
The 389-foot long, 7.5-million-pound littoral combat ship... is being built in Marinette, Wis. It will sail after the Detroit ceremony to its home port in San Diego. Now I've got the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald stuck in my head.
Don't go in November... or other months when Lake Superior is ice covered like May this year.
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:46:50 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: shove_it
littoral combat shipNot the USS John Kerry?
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:50:13 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: shove_it
Did the Japs hit her?Wikipedia: USS Detroit (CL-8)
In 1941, Detroit's home port became Pearl Harbor. She was moored at her base with Raleigh and Utah when the Japanese attacked on 7 December. The other two ships bore the brunt of an attack by six torpedo planes, and despite several strafing passes Detroit, was able to get underway safely and set up an Anti-aircraft fire which accounted for several planes. Only one of the Detroit's crew members were injured during the Japanese attack, Lester Silva, who received a Purple Heart. She was ordered to sail at once to investigate the west coast of Oahu for any indications of a landing by the Japanese, then to join the search for the retiring Japanese force.
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:50:35 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: shove_it
And in the true spirit of the city, it’ll catch fire and no one will want to serve on it.
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:50:45 PM PDT
by
DesScorp
To: KarlInOhio
Seems like just a couple weeks ago I saw a pic of some kids playing Foosball on an ice flow in the big lake right here on FR.
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:53:31 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: shove_it
Did the Japs hit her? It was the Germans right after they hit Pearl harbor :-)
FYI it was 28 subs built at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Comapny in Manitowoc, WI.. link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitowoc_Shipbuilding_Company/
Darby Corporation built over 1300 LCMs and 60+ LCTs as well as locomotives and 1000 pound bombs in Kansas City, Ks during WW-II.
http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergencysmall/darby.htm
Sorry i have lost some of mu HTML skills :-(
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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posted on
07/05/2014 7:58:33 PM PDT
by
alfa6
To: KarlInOhio; IMR 4350
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:00:09 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: shove_it
LCS (Little Crappy Ship).
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:00:13 PM PDT
by
batterycommander
(We will likely still be Majors, passed over twice, sitting in dimly-lit offices in the Pentagon.)
To: cripplecreek
Battleship??? One 57mm gun??
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:01:47 PM PDT
by
batterycommander
(We will likely still be Majors, passed over twice, sitting in dimly-lit offices in the Pentagon.)
To: shove_it
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This has got to be satire!!! Name it the “Coleman Young” so we all know why it sank.
To: shove_it
At least it wasn’t the USS District of Columbia. The cost just to run it would be 21.2 billion an hour.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:08:39 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: batterycommander
Lousy design. Made entirely of Aluminum. Lotza docktime for these tubs, mostly to fix major design flaws. They can’t decide the mission for these white elephants. But guess I guess they’ll do ok as Dock Queens.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:09:20 PM PDT
by
batterycommander
(We will likely still be Majors, passed over twice, sitting in dimly-lit offices in the Pentagon.)
To: shove_it
Will Liberals be running the USS Detroit? If so, it’ll be sunk before the ceremony.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:09:21 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: shove_it
They should have gone with something more upbeat like USS Total Loser...
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:12:35 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Why no outrage over IRS targeting? Same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about gulags.FREnterprise)
To: KarlInOhio
The Edmund Fitzgerald, the pride of the American fleet..
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:12:44 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: shove_it
It looks like a big yacht.
To: shove_it
At Pearl Harbor, Detroit's AAA batteries got two Jap planes. The Japs launched a torpedo at her, which missed.
To: batterycommander
Warship in search of a mission.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:23:12 PM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
To: GeronL
The USS Rodman works for me, not to Sully the image of a once proud liberal union enclave that snuggled with the mob and the NBA.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:29:16 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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